The Press., 1887-03-17

room next Sunday afternoon, at o'clock
 Hanks Holland County Directory has been delivered to subscribers, and is now on sale at Parsons. It is handsomly got up and neatly bound book of over 25C pages, and is sold at g. per copy. It has every appearance of being quite as accurate as it is usual to get work of the kind and though only the test of use can fully de. eide it's real value, the experience of MT. Hanks in such work, and the weeks of pa- tient canvass made by himself and assist ants are substantial guarantee. 1t is one of ofihemostvaluableo of reference books. Of Stafford Springs and Rockville it aims to be a most complete directory of lnhabi- tants, besides which it gives complete list of adult male residents of each town in. the county, names of all town and borough officers, directory of societies, churches, banks, corporations, etc., with each town, and beside Q county business directory, most valuable feature. These are the principal but not ali of the features which make this most valuable reference work to every business man of the county.
 The ladies' sociable at the Congrega- tional chapel next Tuesday evening will be in form of ''craZy tea, Mrs. J. ". Squier and Mrs. E. l.. Burr in charge. Es- CalIOD6Q OH6bCIb W1i4 OO dNACA AO 1AAO 4CSS SA~ lar bill of fare, all for 10 cents. We utter ly refuse to further gratify curiosity. Go and see, eat, laugh, and grow fat.
 John J. Hassett, who has just gradu- ated from the medical department of the University of the city of New York, is spending few days in town, but proposes to locate immediately for medical practice at Schenectady, N. Y. Many friends here will wish him the success that he deserves. They have watched his struggles against adverse circumstances to gam an educa- ton. By sheer pluck and force he has worked his way through academical and collegiate courses, and so on through medical course. For several years he has been a student with Dr. J. s. Clark, and thus he went to the university equipped with @ good education and with good start towards medical education. At the university he has had all the advantages of lectures, operation and practice at Bel levue Hospital, and those who know his studious habits and close observations feel sure that he has made the most of all his opportunities. The community in which he settles in him will gain 8 good citizen, and one who will make mark in his pro- fession.
 --Comical Brown, with assistants, gives a concert at at Oronoco Hall tonight. He always gets good houses here His power of facial expression and character assum- ing are worth seeing as marvels aside from their side splitting ''funniness. And 1t is worth many times the price of admis- sion to hear him sing "Peter Gray" once, as we have heard him sing it. l..
 (coMMUNIcATD.)
 The item in The Press of last week, re- ferring to some old records of the towns people and their habits, leads me to quest ion what records other than such as noted are in existence. This town must have had beginning, 8 growth and develop ment, of which we of the present genera ton know little or nothing. Who were the men who first settled the town? What were their characteristics Through what struggles was the primitive growth of the town wrought? Who knows of the part Stafford took in the wars of the 18th and 18th centuries? ? Of it's once noted mineral resources and their development? Its early manufacturing industries, their rise, pros perity, decline, decay. Who can recount the deeds of heroism evidenced in the lives of men and women whose names have well nigh been forgotten Many of us believe there have been struggles, trials, triumphs OpOCuS1 SVcAbS SOC4dAS PO4tgAOCSA dAN OOSAC0- iastical, with truth stranger than fiction" in all of them. Where are they recorded :? Who can point them out? Are they not scattered in fragments far and wide, or wrapped in the minds of few and these few fast passing, silently and surely, from our midst? Why all this indifference, neg lect, this waste of precious opportunities to gather treasures of history to enrich, not only the present but many generations to come? Who will open this almost closed record of memory, and gather the scattered and scattering riches? Is an His torical Society needed? Then let there be no delay in the formation of one, and let us have the assurance that some day a history of the town, worthy of being read by every son and daughter of Stafford, ,can grace every home and illumine every fire side in this vicinity. VANCE.
 sTAFFORDvILLE.
 The friends of Mir. and Mrs. George Andrews to the number of fnlly 100 gath cred to celebrate their silver wedding last Tuesday evening. Owing to the good management of Mrs. Washburne and as- sisting friends, who managed the celebra- tion, it came near being genuine sur- prise,as MT. Andrews knew nothing of the plan until Monday evening. After greet ings were exchanged and wraps laid aside, MT. and Mrs. Andrews were requested to join hands, and Rev. w. 0. Newell in be- haf q the friends gave the knot double twisk Although it was quite evident that 1t had not slipped for % years. He closed his numerous and appropriate remarks by reading poem written for the occasion by Mir. Fred Carpenter, and introducing to the couple MT. G. F. Phillips, who, in a very felicitous manner, presented them with purse of silver. The remainder of the evening was most pleasantly spent ill social conversation, partaking of the liber- al refreshments provided, music, singing etc. Beside the purse of silver numerous other presents were given, among them a fine, large hanging lamp, beautiful vase, silver spoons, etc., etc. Many kind words for the future prosperity and happiness of MT. and Mrs. Andrews were exchanged, and many hopes cherished that they might live to celebrate their golden wedding as happy.
 Let the fire burn bright on the hearth tonight,
 A5d shed it's cheering glow,
 On the parlor walls, and the many guests,
 Who softly come and go.
 Five-and-twenty years, with their hopes and
 fears,
 Have swiftly passed away,
 And brought in their course for better or worse
 The Silver Wedding day.
 Then let hearts be light with pleasure tonight,
 Let song and music steal,
 Through the grand old rooms, and let each